N3 grammar · Lesson 28

「〜っけ」「〜かな」「〜んじゃない」: casual endings

田中たなかさんの誕生日たんじょうびって、来週らいしゅうだっけ？

「〜っけ」 for what slipped your mind, 「〜かな」「〜かしら」 to wonder; tell 「〜じゃない」 (reminding) from 「〜んじゃない」 (guessing); hear 「〜もん」.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01「〜っけ」: what was it again?
  2. 02「〜かな」「〜かしら」: asking yourself
  3. 03「〜じゃない」 and 「〜んじゃない」
  4. 04「〜もん」: a pouting reason
  5. 05Compared with similar expressions

Practice

  • Match each sentence to its tone
  • What does this sentence mean?
  • What would you say?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Change to the given form
  • Put the pieces in order

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